UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10540

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10540

    Published: 31 May 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-10540
    Aliases:
    USN-4783-1

    Summary:

    Details: Minimatch is a minimal matching utility that works by converting glob expressions into JavaScript `RegExp` objects. The primary function, `minimatch(path, pattern)` in Minimatch 3.0.1 and earlier is vulnerable to ReDoS in the `pattern` parameter.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10540, https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/118, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10540, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4783-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: node-minimatch

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~esm2?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.2.12-1ubuntu0.1~esm2

    Affected versions

    0.2.11-1
    0.2.12-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High